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===Vojislavljević dynasty (1018–1186)=== {{main|Vojislavljević dynasty|Duklja}} With the partial annexation of Serbia, the county around the city of [[Doclea (city)|Doclea]] emerges into a Principality, where the leaders adopt the title ''archon of Serbs'', signifying supreme leadership among Serbs, alongside their given offices under Byzantine overlordship. The first office-holder was [[Peter of Diokleia]], of which we only have a seal found in the 19th century. The next known is [[Jovan Vladimir]], who became a Bulgarian vassal. [[Stefan Vojislav]] succeeds in giving the realm independence, he is the eponymous founder of the Vojislavljevići that ruled [[Duklja]] from the early 11th century up to the 1180s. {|class="wikitable" |-- ! Picture ! <sup>Title</sup>Name ! Reign ! Notes |-- |[[File:Peter of Diokleia.jpg|80px]] || <sup>Archon</sup><br>[[Peter of Diokleia|Peter]] || 10th century || Peter was an ''[[archon]]'' of [[Duklja]] in the 10th or 11th century. The only information on him is from a seal found in the 19th century, which is decorated on the obverse with a bust of the [[Virgin Mary]] holding a medallion of [[Christ]] and flanked by two [[cruciform]] invocative [[monogram]]s. The text is in [[Greek letters]], saying "Petrou, Archontos Diokleias, Amin" (ΠΕΤΡ(Ο)Υ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ ΔΙΟΚΛ(Ε)ΙΑ(Σ) ΑΜΗΝ) - ''Peter, archon of Dioklea, [[Amen]]''. The seal shows that although Duklja underwent turmoil in the 9th century, the region still continued under [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine rule]], or if not authority, [[Byzantine culture|influence]].<ref>{{Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art|volume=5|page=155}}</ref> |-- |[[File:JovanVladimirSlika.jpg|80px]] || <sup>Prince</sup><br>[[Jovan Vladimir]] || {{circa}}1000–1016 || Jovan fought to protect Duklja from Bulgarian expansion, making an alliance with Byzantium; [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgaria]] however conquered Doclea in 997 and took Jovan Vladimir prisoner. Jovan ruled Duklja as a vassal of the Bulgarian empire until his murder in 1016. |-- | || <sup>Prince</sup><br>[[Stefan Vojislav]] || 1018–1043 || Overthrew the Byzantine supremacy over Serbs in Duklja; founder of the Vojislavljević dynasty; in 1035 rebelled against the [[Byzantine Empire]], but forced to sign an [[armistice]]; went to war again in 1040, which would be continued by his heir and son, Mihailo. Except Doclea, his realm included [[Travunia]] with [[Konavli]] and [[Zachumlia]]. |-- |<!-- [[File:|80px]] --> || <sup>Queen</sup><br>[[Neda (Princess)|Neda]] || 1043–1046 || As queen, she co-ruled with her sons, the princes. |-- |[[File:Srpski kralj Mihajlo lik.jpg|80px]] || <sup>King<br>↑Prince</sup><br>[[Mihailo I of Duklja|Mihailo Vojislavljević]] || 1046–1081 || Initially as a Byzantine vassal holding the title of ''[[protospatharios]]'', then after 1077 as nominally serving [[Pope Gregory VII]], addressed as "[[King of the Slavs]]". He had alienated himself from the Byzantines when he supported a [[Uprising of Georgi Voyteh|Byzantine Slavic revolt in 1071–72]], after which he then sought to gain support in the West. In 1077 he received a royal insignia by Gregory VII in the aftermath of the [[East-West Schism|Church schism of 1054]]. <br><small>'''note:''' Serbia is liberated from Byzantine rule and restored into the Serbian realm of Doclea, with Duklja being the seat.</small> |-- | || <sup>King (titular)</sup><br>[[Constantine Bodin]] || 1081–1101 || Son of Michael. He was crowned '[[Tsar of Bulgaria]]' as ''Peter III'' in 1072, after being chosen by Bulgarian nobles through his [[Cometopuli]] lineage, he was sent off with an army that would conquer parts of southern Serbia and Macedonia. He was captured and sent to Constantinople, where he spent several years. He was rescued in 1078 by Venetian sailors, and in 1081 he succeeds his father as King. He enlarged his influence, installing his nephews and other family in Bosnia and Serbia. He is captured by the Byzantines in the 1090s, and continues as a mere Byzantine vassal. <br><small>'''note:''' Doclea is continued with a number of Byzantine and Serbian vassals (until 1146) - see [[List of rulers of Duklja]].</small> |-- ||| <sup>King (titular)</sup><br>[[Dobroslav II]] || 1101–1102 || Overthrown by [[Vukan, Grand Prince of Serbia|Vukan]] and [[Kočapar]]. |-- | || [[Kočapar]] || 1102–1103 || Brought to power by Vukan of Serbia. Killed in battle against [[Zachlumia]]. |-- | || [[Vladimir II of Duklja|Vladimir II]] || 1103–1113 || Married daughter of Vukan of Serbia. He was poisoned by his cousin [[Đorđe Bodinović|Đorđe I]]. |-- | || [[Đorđe Bodinović|Đorđe I]] || 1113–1118 || Son of Constantine Bodin. Đorđe was overthrown by [[Uroš I, Grand Prince of Serbia|Uroš I]] in 1118. |-- | || [[Grubeša]] || 1118–1125 || Overthrew Đorđe with the help of the Byzantines. |-- | || [[Đorđe Bodinović|Đorđe I]] || 1125–1131 || Second rule. |-- | || <sup>Prince</sup><br>[[Gradinja]] || 1131–1146 || Appointed to Doclean throne by Byzantines after Đorđe's defeat in the second war against Byzantines. |-- | || <sup>Prince</sup><br>[[Radoslav of Duklja|Radoslav]] || 1146–1148 || Byzantine vassal. Only dynastic member to be mentioned as Prince of Doclea. |-- | || <sup>Prince</sup><br>[[Mihailo III of Duklja|Mihailo III]] || 1148–1186 || Byzantine vassal. |}
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